• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 8, 082801 (2017)
Guangyuan Li1、2, Zhiyong Lu1, Yu Zhou1, Jianfeng Sun1、*, Qian Xu1, Chenzhe Lao1、2, Hongyu He1、2, Guo Zhang1、2, and Liren Liu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Space Laser Communication and Detection Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.082801 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Guangyuan Li, Zhiyong Lu, Yu Zhou, Jianfeng Sun, Qian Xu, Chenzhe Lao, Hongyu He, Guo Zhang, Liren Liu. Far-field outdoor experimental demonstration of down-looking synthetic aperture ladar[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(8): 082801 Copy Citation Text show less
    Experimental structure for down-looking SAIL.
    Fig. 1. Experimental structure for down-looking SAIL.
    Outdoor experimental photo of down-looking SAIL.
    Fig. 2. Outdoor experimental photo of down-looking SAIL.
    Errors of the phase modulation module: side-to-side vibrant angle.
    Fig. 3. Errors of the phase modulation module: side-to-side vibrant angle.
    Simulation results: (a) compressed image in the orthogonal direction and (b) the imaging result.
    Fig. 4. Simulation results: (a) compressed image in the orthogonal direction and (b) the imaging result.
    Optical corner cube target and imaging result of down-looking SAIL over 6 km: (a) the optical corner cubes and (b) the imaging result.
    Fig. 5. Optical corner cube target and imaging result of down-looking SAIL over 6 km: (a) the optical corner cubes and (b) the imaging result.
    Compressed image in the orthogonal direction over 6 km: (a) without alignment and (b) with alignment.
    Fig. 6. Compressed image in the orthogonal direction over 6 km: (a) without alignment and (b) with alignment.
    ParametersValues
    Wavelength λ1030 nm
    Vibrant angle±7°
    Beam diameter4m×4m
    Vibrant frequency760 Hz
    Focus length of launch/receive lens1.2 m
    Imaging distance6800 m
    The rotation speed of the rotary table0.1°/s
    Modulation length5 mm
    Sampled frequency in orthogonal direction31.25 MHz
    Sampled frequency in azimuthal direction1520 Hz
    Cylindrical lens focal length60 and 60mm
    Range×Azimuthal resolutions28.8mm×21.9mm
    Laser power30 W
    Sampling duty cycle58.91%
    Table 1. System Parameters of Down-Looking SAIL
    Guangyuan Li, Zhiyong Lu, Yu Zhou, Jianfeng Sun, Qian Xu, Chenzhe Lao, Hongyu He, Guo Zhang, Liren Liu. Far-field outdoor experimental demonstration of down-looking synthetic aperture ladar[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(8): 082801
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